Taliban threatens to "kidnap or kill" Prince Harry

[Sweep_the_Leg]

@Palantir

It’s like discussing if KK got into a fight with Salma Hayek. Who would win?

The viewers

[FrankArabia]

did you guys see kim k on that celebrity boxing match? she showed a lot of heart and desire…

not a fan of hayek myself…

[Alladin]

Why resist temptation ? There will always be more.

[ohai]

So, is the US going to occupy Libya now? Shooting up an embassy is not really cool.

[Sweep_the_Leg]

Nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[FrankArabia]

i sense the beginning of another holy war…this has to be good for defense stocks right?

[lockheed10023]

@FrankArabia

i sense the beginning of another holy war…this has to be good for defense stocks right?

Yeah, I’d buy Lockheed Martin.

[Palantir]

How about ASEI instead?

[lockheed10023]

Goddamn Bagholders… The Taliban is buying up Facebook stock as we speak…

[The_Righteous_Hacksa]

@FrankArabia

how do these guys make money again? how do they acquire funds to buy missles and food?

“Islamic Charity” grops worldwide. See, www.thereligionofpeace.org

[former_trader]

@Sweep_the_Leg

Nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

And then you blame Iran for wanting the same weapon.

[lockheed10023]

So I heard they have living cells of Woolly Mammothes… and they are going to create new ones… I can’t wait…

[ohai]

I thought they get a lot of money from opium farming. Also, local people give them money.

[CFASniper]

US aid money to Pakistan gets rerouted to Taliban via ISI

[Palantir]

1. Opium Farming

2. Charities

3. KSA

4. Pakistan

[1recho]

@ohai

Have you seen Rambo 3? In the end of Rambo 3, Rambo and a huge mob of Afghan “freedom fighters” shoot the shit out of a bunch of Russian army guys. In the closing credits, there is a line saying “this film was dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan”. Well guess what - those gallant people are now the Taliban. This film was made in 1988. It’s pretty surreal to see the parallels to the 2012 situation with the US.

Actually the gallant people were the Northern Alliance (NA) who were fighting the Taliban. Their leader, Masood, was killed 2 days before 9/11 by Al Qaeda suicide bombers sent in by bin Laden as a favor to his hosts, the Taliban. At that point the Taliban had 90% of Afghanistan and NA had 10%. After 9/11, US financed and armed NA heavily and used them against the Taliban.

Taliban came out of Muslim scholars who were hiding out in Pakistan when Russians controlled Afghanistan. They were financed by Saudis and Pakistanis and trained by Al Qaeda to fight, and returned to Afghanistan after the Russians left.

[Palantir]

@1recho

Actually the gallant people were the Northern Alliance (NA) who were fighting the Taliban. Their leader, Masood, was killed 2 days before 9/11 by Al Qaeda suicide bombers sent in by bin Laden as a favor to his hosts, the Taliban. At that point the Taliban had 90% of Afghanistan and NA had 10%. After 9/11, US financed and armed NA heavily and used them against the Taliban.

Taliban came out of Muslim scholars who were hiding out in Pakistan when Russians controlled Afghanistan. They were financed by Saudis and Pakistanis and trained by Al Qaeda to fight, and returned to Afghanistan after the Russians left.

No you have it wrong. Many other factions apart from Massoud’s troops were funded by the West/KSA. Pretty much anybody who wasn’t a leftist fought against the Red army. Many of the senior commanders both in the Afghan govt, and in the insurgency made their name in that war. Karzai on the other hand did not have any military background, subsequently, he just doesn’t have the respect or power to rule that nation. Also it is important to note that it was not just the US backing these guys, other nations like P, KSA etc were allied with the US.

3 main leaders of the current insurgency are: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar,Sirajuddin Haqqani (son of Jalaluddin Haqqani), Mohammed Omar. They made their name in that war.